Europa Universalis IV announced

[Syt]

Btw, is there a way to increase font sizes in EU4 or CK2? I'm sitting about a meter away from my 24" screen, and it's rather tiny in 1920x1200.

[Solmyr]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

[Viking]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

Habs would have him dead within 1 year and replaced by a 555 monarch.

[FunkMonk]

Well I'm hooked. This game has turned me into a Portuguese slave trader. I must have more slaves.

[garbon]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

Habs would have him dead within 1 year and replaced by a 555 monarch.

Not if the most recent VQ was any indication.

[Josephus]

BTW, france going defensive... +25 defensiveness for Vauban, +33 for max defensive, +25 for lucky and +25 for fortdefender guy. Yes, so every fort has +108 defensiveness. Thats basically half a March in every area.

Though, what is truly starting to piss me off france's artillery park which it uses as a hunter killer stack. I'm sorry but you should not be winning battles with 2/3 artillery in the 1540s.

I see there needs to be a teensy bit balancing... plus turning off lucky nations (or at least modding it)...

IIRC EUIII had the option to turn off lucky nations either right out of the box, or it was added in one of the very early patches.  Odd that it wouldn't be included in EUIV.

Expansion

[Syt]

I think they've learned their EU3 lesson. EU2 had a long lease on life because of a very active MP community. Which was why they designed EU3 as an MP focused game originally, and leveled the playing field for all nations. And maybe went a bit overboard a bit there.

I could never get into EU3, though the later expansions helped a lot. Still, the Paradox game that I've gotten most mileage out of was EU2, by now closely followed by CK2.

[crazy canuck]

Rushing to annex the Aztec and other heathens is no longer viable.  Not only is there the overextension problem we are by now all painfully aware of, but there is the added problem that adding a core also has a range which is, I think, equal to your colonization range.


So now you are going to have to wait to conquer the new world until you have the range to core it.  And even then you are going to have to do it slowly because otherwise the overextension penalties will create rebellions in those new world provinces that you cannot put down before running out of manpower.

I love this game!

[garbon]

One thing I'm not sure about is how coring works as a landlocked nation*.  As Bohemia, I couldn't make a core on Wurzburg as it was 9999 distance away from my closest port. Er...so instead I released them as a vassal.

*Not sure meaning not so jazzed about.

[Habbaku]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

Habs would have him dead within 1 year and replaced by a 555 monarch.

Not if the most recent VQ was any indication.

The horror...

[Habbaku]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

If everyone wants to assign me what seems to be the hardest nation, I am content to do so.  I do favor Sweden at the moment, though. 

[Fireblade]

So when are we starting a MP game? I say Habs should play England with Henry VI and deal with the War of the Roses.

If everyone wants to assign me what seems to be the hardest nation, I am content to do so.  I do favor Sweden at the moment, though. 

The Lion of the North!

[crazy canuck]

In 1444 it looks hopeless to obtain a diplo annexation of Aragon by Castille.  I guess you need to get the right ideas to pull it off?

[Viking]

Anybody got a good primer on trade?

[Viking]

In 1444 it looks hopeless to obtain a diplo annexation of Aragon by Castille.  I guess you need to get the right ideas to pull it off?

I'd suggest waiting for this to happen

Code Select Expand

# The Iberian Wedding
country_event = {
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title = "flavor_spa.EVTNAME3716"
desc = "flavor_spa.EVTDESC3716"
picture = DIPLOMACY_eventPicture

major = yes

trigger = {
NOT = { has_country_flag = SPA_had_event_3716 }
is_year = 1450
NOT = { is_year = 1550 }
AND = {
tag = CAS
NOT = { exists = SPA }
}
is_subject = no
ARA = {
exists = yes
ai = yes
is_subject = no
is_neighbor_of = ROOT
}
NOT = { war_with = ARA }
OR = {
AND = {
is_female = yes
ARA = { is_female = no }
}
AND = {
is_female = no
ARA = { is_female = yes }
}
ARA = {
has_regency = yes
}
}
}

mean_time_to_happen = {
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modifier = {
factor = 0.1
ARA = { has_regency = no }
}
}

immediate = {
set_country_flag = SPA_had_event_3716
}

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name = "flavor_spa.EVTOPTA3716"
ai_chance = { factor = 90 }
create_union = ARA
add_opinion = {
who = ARA
modifier = spa_iberian_wedding
}
ARA = {
add_opinion = {
who = ROOT
modifier = spa_iberian_wedding
}
}
random_owned_province = {
limit = {
is_capital = no
}
spawn_rebels = {
type = noble_rebels
size = 3
}
}
every_known_country = {
limit = {
marriage_with = ARA
}
add_opinion = {
who = ROOT
modifier = spa_iberian_wedding_negative
}
}
}
option = { # No let us marry a local talent instead
name = "flavor_spa.EVTOPTB3716"
ai_chance = { factor = 10 }
add_stability = 1
ARA = {
add_opinion = {
who = ROOT
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}
}
}
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